Bathing apparatus.



G. W. WALTERS. BATHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11 1909.

969,01 3. I Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

wi tvmoow UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WALTERS, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

BATHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Application filed June 11, 1909.

Serial No. 501,575.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. WALTERS, citizen of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in bathing apparatus.

The object of the invention is to provide a bathing apparatus having an electric battery with which are connected electrodes, one of which is in the form of a water discharging yoke and the other in the form of a brush, whereby a current of electricity from the battery is applied to the body during the bathing operation.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a bathing apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the brush electrode used in connection with the apparatus.

In the embodiment of the invention, I provide a water tank or reservoir 1 which is preferably arranged at a suitable elevation and may be supported in any suitable manner. Connected to the tank and preferably arranged on the front side adjacent to its upper end is an electric battery 2 in connection with which is provided an induction coil 3. On the tank is arranged binding posts 4 and 5 and a suitable switch 6 is also provided.

In the lower portion of the tank is arranged a discharge tube 7 to which is connected a flexible water conducting pipe 8. The pipe 8 is provided with any suitable clamping or gripping device 9 by means of which the flow of water therethrough is controlled. To the outer end of the pipe 8 is connected a metal water discharging yoke 10 which is adapted to be placed around the neck and supported on the shoulders of the bather and in which is formed a series of water discharging perforations whereby the water from the tank is caused to flow over the body of the bather.

The yoke 10 is connected to the binding post 4 by an electric conducting cord 11 and forms one electrode. The other electrode is here shown and is preferably in the form of a bath brush 12 in which is arranged a metal contact plate 13 which is connected by an electric conducting cord 14: to the binding post 5. The plate 13 is arranged in the bristles of the brush and is secured to the inner side of the brush back in such manner that when the brush is used, the plate will be brought into contact with the body which serves as a conductor between the yoke electrode and the brush electrode. The brush 12 is preferably provided with a suitable handle 15 to facilitate the use of the same.

In connection with the tank, I preferably employ a suitable heating device which is here shown in the form of an alcohol lamp 16 which is arranged beneath the tank and is preferably connected to the rear side of the latter by a hinged joint 17 and is provided on its opposite side with a latch 18 adapted to be swung into engagement with the discharge tube 7 on the outer side of the tank, thereby supporting the lamp in an operative position below the tank.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a bathing apparatus, a water supply tank, an induction coil having a Vibrator and supported on the tank, a battery connected to the primary winding of said coil, a switch in the connection to control the battery, a discharge pipe connected to the tank, a metallic perforated waterconveying pipe adapted to be removably positioned upon the body of the bather, a flexible Water-conveying pipe between said perforated pipe and the discharge pipe, a metallic coii'nection be- In testimhy whereof I have hereunto set tween said perforated pipe and one terminal my hand in presence of two subscribing Witof the secondary Winding of the coil, a flesh nesses. brush having metallic Wires adapted to con- GEORGE WV. W'ALTERS.

5 tact with the body of the bather, and a con- \Vitnesses:

nection between the Wires and the other ter- FRED ONWALD, minal of the secondary Winding. N. F. GREEK. 

